Coahoma County School District Board of Education, Gerald Johnson, Coreen Richardson, Rico Smith, Milroy Harris and…

Summary

The Mississippi Supreme Court granted the school board's interlocutory appeal and held that Daryl Moore's quantum meruit and unjust-enrichment claims for alleged unpaid head-coaching stipends were foreclosed by the minutes rule, because no board minute approved a $2,500 head-coaching stipend. The Court reversed the county court's denial of summary judgment and rendered judgment for the Board. Presiding Justice Coleman dissented, arguing the Court lacked jurisdiction under Mississippi Code Section 11-51-79 to entertain interlocutory appeals from county courts.